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  • Oceanside Pirates defense

    Oceanside Pirates defense

  • Oceanside senior wide receiver and SDSU-bound Osmond Nicolas

    Oceanside senior wide receiver and SDSU-bound Osmond Nicolas

  • Oceanside's sideline

    Oceanside's sideline

  • A Titans wide receiver lines up against Oceanside junior King Holder

    A Titans wide receiver lines up against Oceanside junior King Holder

  • Eastlake junior Tony Jefferson played both ways and returned a punt for a touchdown against Oceanside

    Eastlake junior Tony Jefferson played both ways and returned a punt for a touchdown against Oceanside

  • The line of scrimmage

    The line of scrimmage

  • Oceanside's Jordan Wynn and Jerry Whitaker celebrate a 17-yard touchdown late in the second quarter.

    Oceanside's Jordan Wynn and Jerry Whitaker celebrate a 17-yard touchdown late in the second quarter.

  • Oceanside cheerleaders enjoying the game

    Oceanside cheerleaders enjoying the game

  • Oceanside senior quarterback Jordan Wynn walks off the field following an incomplete pass.

    Oceanside senior quarterback Jordan Wynn walks off the field following an incomplete pass.

  • Oceanside senior quarterback Jordan Wynn

    Oceanside senior quarterback Jordan Wynn

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St. Mary, Star of the Sea

St. Mary, Star of the Sea

Oceanside | Sheep and Goats
Published Nov. 5, 2008

November 2 was the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed at St. Mary, Star of the Sea — All Souls’ Day, the Day of the Dead. Sheets of parchment hung along the walls of the Spanish-style ...

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Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire

Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire

Neighborhood News | Oceanside
Published Oct. 13, 2008

On October 8, the Oceanside City Council meeting got off to a fiery start. The first speaker, Ray Melendrez, president of the Oceanside Firefighters Association, accused Councilman (and mayoral candidate) Rocky Chavez and Councilman Jerry Kern ...

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The Morning After Mess

The Morning After Mess

Carlsbad | Del Mar | Mission Beach | Neighborhood News | Ocean Beach | Oceanside | Pacific Beach
Published July 3, 2008

The Fourth of July is about celebration. It's about honoring our country, our freedoms, while tossing a few back with family and friends — not on the beach of course — and watching the spectacular displays ...

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Oceanside Pirates

Oceanside Pirates

Football | Oceanside Pirates | Valley League | Oceanside
Published July 1, 2008

Oceanside Pirates 2008 Football Schedule: 9/5, 7 p.m. at Eastlake 26-23 (W)9/12, 7 p.m. at El Camino 34-12 (W)9/19, 7 p.m. MIRA MESA 42-24 (W)10/3, 7:30 p.m. SAN MARCOS* 42-7 (W)10/10, 7:30 p.m. SAN PASQUAL 42-8 ...

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El Camino Wildcats

Football | El Camino Wildcats | Palomar League | Oceanside
Published July 1, 2008

El Camino Wildcats Football Schedule 2008: 9/5, 7 p.m. at San Clemente 13-17 (L)9/12, 7 p.m. OCEANSIDE 12-34 (L)9/19, 7 p.m. at Escondido 14-42 (L)9/26, 7 p.m. at Fallbrook 0-24 (L)10/3, 7 p.m. TORREY PINES 3-10 ...

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The Creek Reeks

The Creek Reeks

City Lights | Oceanside
Published June 25, 2008

On June 11, the local division of the state water board ordered the North County Transit District, which recently completed the Sprinter rail project, to pay a $685,000 fine for discharges of construction sediment into waterways, ...

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Dying Ocean, Dying Bay

Dying Ocean, Dying Bay

Event Hilite | Oceanside
Published June 11, 2008

“In the mid to late 1990s, we saw a lot of contamination — from places like the shipyards in particular — flowing freely off those sites, like Southwest Marine and NASSCO [National Steel and Shipyard Company],” ...

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St. Margaret's Catholic Church

St. Margaret's Catholic Church

Oceanside | Sheep and Goats
Published May 28, 2008

The interior of St. Margaret’s church has an oddly spare quality — the huge central dome gives the impression of an old-fashioned Catholic church, the sort that might be swarming with statues and stained glass. However, ...

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Less Dense, Fewer Homeless, More Sky

Less Dense, Fewer Homeless, More Sky

Carlsbad | Escondido | Feature Stories | Oceanside | San Marcos | Vista
Published May 7, 2008

Having lived in San Diego since 1980, one would think that I would have long ago gravitated to residence in the northern portion of the county. It seems, by consensus, to be more generally livable an ...

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To Live and Die in Oceanside

To Live and Die in Oceanside

Cover Story | Oceanside
Published Feb. 20, 2008

The Back Gate The area around the Oceanside pier and boardwalk glistens, picture perfect: palm trees, silver sand, blue water, and crowds of people. It’s easy to see how this town got its name. But there’s ...

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Train Water

Train Water

City Lights | Escondido | Oceanside | San Marcos | Vista
Published Feb. 13, 2008

In August 2003, the North County Transit District, preparing to build a train line linking Oceanside, Vista, San Marcos, and Escondido, applied to state authorities for a storm water discharge permit. The train, called the Sprinter, ...

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Tacos Are a Tiny Taste of Temptation

Tacos Are a Tiny Taste of Temptation

Baja | Chula Vista | City Heights | College Area | Coronado | Cover Story | Downtown | Fallbrook | Gaslamp | Hillcrest | Imperial Beach | La Jolla | Lemon Grove | Logan Heights | Midway | Mira Mesa | Normal Heights | North Park | Oceanside | Otay Mesa | Pacific Beach | Solana Beach
Published Jan. 23, 2008

Fancy wimmen are okay, but there's nuttin' like the real thing: a nice warm adobada taco on a nice cold night beside a nice hot grill outside a friendly taco catering truck, with that marinated pork ...

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Catch the Swells

Calendar Highlight | Oceanside
Published Aug. 16, 2007

What's nice about outrigger canoeing is that you're facing forward, so you get to see where you're going," says John Wascher, vice president of the Oceanside Outrigger Canoe Club. "And [the canoes] are built to go ...

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Creative Chaos at MiraCosta

City Lights | Oceanside
Published Feb. 22, 2007

MiraCosta College dean Eileen Kraskouskas was in San Francisco for a three-day conference last March when she got e-mails and calls from the office of the MiraCosta president telling her that 2006 would be her last ...

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Mr. and Mrs. Downer

Carlsbad | Crasher | Oceanside | Pacific Beach
Published Sept. 1, 2005

I found out about a retirement home having a party on the beach in Oceanside. The idea of old guys on the beach didn't sound appealing, but the party was for the employees, not the residents. ...

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